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J. M. RICHARDS. Cotton-Scraper.

No. 222,367. Patented Dec. 9, 1879.

pective iew} of the pic iew"ot'. adjdstingblock lope of the "ridge;and,;further, inthe ;conzstruction and-also the combination of the sev-.ral partshereinafter more particularly s pecitogether with the standard,is locked tothe cam, the standardhavingwajseries of holes, a t r u h ppP ion; so t it i h y.

olted to the beam ,may be free to turn on its pivotal connection withthe bracei'H, so as to e inclined to any an gleidesired. a"Asupplementa'l beam, D, shor erthantlie. ain beam,; has. a; standardiand{brace cone structed like that firstdescribemfland securedgconnected to the mainbeam by means of two' nutted bolts, E, passedthrough two clamp.- Qplates, l3 F, one on the out side of each beam,conical washers being placed between the {plates and th desired.Thetwolqeams,areheldiapart from each,

j other'by means of a block, G, which isclamped Lff-between the beamsby.theysboltsthathold them together. .This blockis of a form that,

will permit the supplemental or scraper beam to be thrown and held'atany angle that will conform'the scraper to the slope of the ridge,

such a form being shown, by Fig. 2, one end of the block beingcut-soasto describe a seg- .1 ment of a circle. The square end of this at blockis placed next to the main beam, and

JAME s ;Ml erd tns O EEQ USDID en, ALABAMA:

M N' TN ;.shortenin'g the upper on'e, or vice versa as it iisjdesired toincrease or to lessen th 3 g inclination of said beam, both Fig v y M vy i s; lthe1accqmpae, ying. drawings, inwhi'c Figure 1 is aper detachedra cross I m rearofythe-plowthe short beamis ore-particularly forscrapinfgfridges of cot-, on or other small' plantsibut also adaptedorfuseiaspordinary plowsyiandgitx consists, i: rst, in V a construction?whereby the scraper an be adjnstedto diflerent'angles to-suitlthereconnected the usualhandles,and a stand} rd,"B, whichis pivotedto'abrace, H, which,

e lengthened or shortened, and I when not e heads and nuts-of saidbolts, if

PATENT *O FIG ecember 9, 1879 a eplicat b jam being set x and heldtolany lde angleby lengthening the lower-1b representing said beam at aninclin By setting the block G sguarelyqbe ween thetwo beams theyare setin parallellin with reference to each other; and h cli ,ingfthe'bottomofthe block'to th ejffr H diverge from thejmain beam at its"rear,:accordingas the block is set;

hoolg'H, secured to the forward'en .o beam Dhooks onto a stay, J, whichibraces both longitudinally and laterally the beam; the said stay havingone end bolted to t mainf heam,.'and the other end passed through 3saidbeam and the standard thereof," andhe ldx} f r thereby a'nut on itsend, so that it performsfl; the twofold function of clamping thebe'inDan'dghold i'ng a standard to the main beam 3 f IThejcuttingblade to themain beam; .;rnns .deeperthan thatto the supplemental lb eamf 1: inorder that the former may serve as'a' guide tojjhold the-latterto itsposition.

, When desirable, the supplementa may be detached and the main beam usedfor gether as a double stock, any formofYbIadeF- beinger'nployei-andwhen so used the'blo'ck' 1G 'shouldjbe turned-topresent square ends,jfso a that the'bea'ms may set perpendicularly, fbutj i; whensed. asacotton-scraper the block is so fset'while the beam D is at aninclination;

-;Iclaim-- H H v 1. The combination of beams-A and Dand intermediateblock G, constructed to p'resentY A bearingsfatdifferent angles, anddevices for -jr "clamping the block and beams togetherysub-Tst-antially, as described. a

.12. The combination of beams A"and I), block'Gr, and connecting-bolts,hook.H," stay J and standards B, substantially as set forth. {Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES M. RICHA DS. f

Witnesses:

B. W. STARKE, T. J. W. HARRELL.

ag l sin'glei plow, or the two may be usedfto 5

